Community price on backpack.tf: 28.0–37.0 keys, last changed 2026-07-30 (2mo ago). The live quote above, 29.7 keys, is inside the community’s range and last moved 12d ago. They are different measures: the quote is what traders and bots are asking and bidding on the classifieds right now, and it moves for thousands of items every day; the community price is a suggestion accepted by vote, which changes only when someone argues it should. A quote well away from the vote is usually a price that is about to be re-argued. Community prices from backpack.tf, read under an hour ago.
Steam Market asking price: $160.01 — the lowest of one listing for the Abduction effect when we looked on 2026-10-11 01:32 UTC (2d ago). This is what a seller is asking, not what anything sold for. Steam pays out in Steam wallet funds, not cash, and Valve takes roughly 15% at the till — so asking prices there run well above the 29 keys, 42 ref shown above, which comes from the keys-and-metal market on backpack.tf. The two are different markets and are never blended. Steam lists the item as “Unusual Universal Translator”, with no effect in the name — the effect comes from the individual listing.
Price history
86 observations
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Abduction Universal Translator sell price, 2025-09-25 to 2026-10-07: 86 observations, from 39.6 keys to 33.2 keys. Sampled evenly across the range.
Observed (UTC)
Sell
Buy
25 SEP 2025 · 03:29 UTC
39.6 keys
26.5 keys
9 OCT 2025 · 09:07 UTC
37.8 keys
27.9 keys
25 OCT 2025 · 17:17 UTC
34.3 keys
25.3 keys
26 NOV 2025 · 14:56 UTC
35.1 keys
25.6 keys
15 DEC 2025 · 04:42 UTC
33.7 keys
20.2 keys
29 DEC 2025 · 08:51 UTC
37.7 keys
31.6 keys
11 JAN 2026 · 23:35 UTC
31.7 keys
28.9 keys
29 JAN 2026 · 01:44 UTC
30.1 keys
20.1 keys
8 FEB 2026 · 22:43 UTC
26.6 keys
18.1 keys
1 MAR 2026 · 00:42 UTC
25.3 keys
20.0 keys
15 MAR 2026 · 22:07 UTC
24.7 keys
21.9 keys
1 APR 2026 · 00:30 UTC
26.1 keys
7.77 keys
19 APR 2026 · 22:31 UTC
30.6 keys
14.3 keys
3 MAY 2026 · 22:31 UTC
25.1 keys
21.6 keys
25 MAY 2026 · 10:30 UTC
31.4 keys
24.6 keys
8 JUN 2026 · 00:31 UTC
31.1 keys
24.5 keys
29 JUN 2026 · 19:12 UTC
30.3 keys
26.4 keys
12 JUL 2026 · 12:45 UTC
31.0 keys
26.9 keys
29 JUL 2026 · 00:45 UTC
33.1 keys
28.8 keys
10 AUG 2026 · 03:11 UTC
32.2 keys
28.0 keys
22 AUG 2026 · 14:08 UTC
28.3 keys
24.6 keys
23 AUG 2026 · 00:08 UTC
23.3 keys
20.2 keys
30 AUG 2026 · 20:09 UTC
18.0 keys
15.6 keys
3 SEP 2026 · 06:08 UTC
13.5 keys
11.7 keys
6 SEP 2026 · 06:09 UTC
13.3 keys
11.6 keys
8 SEP 2026 · 02:08 UTC
14.1 keys
12.3 keys
11 SEP 2026 · 16:09 UTC
24.4 keys
21.2 keys
13 SEP 2026 · 06:08 UTC
26.3 keys
22.9 keys
14 SEP 2026 · 06:08 UTC
26.6 keys
23.1 keys
15 SEP 2026 · 08:09 UTC
26.7 keys
23.2 keys
17 SEP 2026 · 08:09 UTC
26.8 keys
23.3 keys
18 SEP 2026 · 22:07 UTC
27.0 keys
23.5 keys
20 SEP 2026 · 16:10 UTC
27.2 keys
23.6 keys
22 SEP 2026 · 18:09 UTC
27.4 keys
23.9 keys
24 SEP 2026 · 22:09 UTC
27.7 keys
24.1 keys
26 SEP 2026 · 12:08 UTC
27.8 keys
24.2 keys
28 SEP 2026 · 00:09 UTC
28.8 keys
25.1 keys
2 OCT 2026 · 04:08 UTC
29.3 keys
25.5 keys
2 OCT 2026 · 13:12 UTC
29.5 keys
25.7 keys
7 OCT 2026 · 21:10 UTC
33.2 keys
28.9 keys
Price history in numbers
86 readings since 25 Sep 2025
Over the last 30 days the Abduction Universal Translator's sell price ranged from 26.4 keys to 33.2 keys and is up 25.6% after 25 moves. Over a year it ranged from 13.3 keys to 38.7 keys (down 7.7%). Today's 33.2 keys sits in the upper third of its range: the lowest we have recorded is 13.3 keys (6 Sep 2026) and the highest 39.6 keys (25 Sep 2025). The price has moved 85 times since we began recording it — about once every 4 days.